# Amputations at Plain Dealer Publishing Company
> OSHA SIR `2015108052` · 10/28/2015 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Plain Dealer Publishing Company
- **Location:** 4800 TIEDMAN RD., CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44144
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading carts into a distribution truck. While organizing the carts inside the truck, two carts smashed together pinching the employee's right hand resulting in a middle fingertip amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*